The invention discloses a method for determining the content of
acetonedicarboxylic acid in a
sodium citrate solution. The method comprises the following steps of: 1) preparing a
system applicable solution, specifically, taking a proper amount of
acetonedicarboxylic acid reference substance and a proper amount of
citric acid reference substance, dissolving the
acetonedicarboxylic acid reference substance and the
citric acid reference substanceby using a mobile phase, and diluting an obtained solution to prepare a solution containing about 100 micrograms of
citric acid and 100 micrograms of acetonedicarboxylic acid per 1ml; 2) preparing a
test solution, specifically, precisely measuring 2ml of a 2.5%
sodium citrate solution, placing the 2.5%
sodium citrate solution in a 10ml measuring flask, diluting the 2.5%
sodium citrate solution to a scale by using a mobile phase, and performing uniform shaking; and 3) preparing a reference substance solution, specifically, taking a proper amount of an acetonedicarboxylic acid reference substance, dissolving the acetonedicarboxylic acid reference substance with a mobile phase, and diluting an obtained solution to prepare a solution containing about 100 microgramsof acetonedicarboxylic acid per 1ml. According to the method, the content of the acetonedicarboxylic acid in the
sodium citrate solution is measured through the
high performance liquid chromatography, so that main degradation products of the
sodium citrate solution are controlled, the
process conditions and storage conditions of the sodium citrate solution are favorably controlled, and meanwhile, the yield in the synthesis process of the acetonedicarboxylic acid can be accurately obtained.